wifi: ath12k: Introduce the container for mac80211 hw
To support multi link operation, we need to combine all the link/pdev
under a single wiphy. This avoids the overhead of synchronization
across multiple hardware instances in both the cfg80211 and mac80211
layers. Currently, each link/pdev is registered as separate wiphy,
tightly coupled with link/pdev/radio (ar) structure. To enable single
wiphy registration within the chip, we decouple the wiphy data entity from
the link/pdev/radio (ar) structure and move it under the chip (ab)
structure with a new data container (ath12k_hw) structure. This approach
improves scalability for future multi link operation support.
mac80211 hw private data structure diagram
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Now After
+---------------------+ +---------------------+
|mac80211 hw priv data| |mac80211 hw priv data|
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | ath12k_hw (ah) |
| | | |
| | +-------------------> | |
| ath12k (ar) | | +-------------+ |
| | | | | |
| | | | ath12k (ar) | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | +-------------+ |
| | | |
| | | |
+---------------------+ +---------------------+
Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.0.1-00029-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.0.c5-00481-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-3
Signed-off-by: Karthikeyan Periyasamy <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <[email protected]>
Link: https://msgid.link/[email protected]